Inertia

Inertia

Apply these conventions alongside the laravel conventions.

Server side

• Controllers return Inertia::render(), not views or raw JSON for page responses.
• Props are lazy. Wrap expensive values in closures so they resolve only when the page actually needs them — otherwise every partial reload pays for every query.
• Shared data lives in middleware (HandleInertiaRequests::share()), not repeated per controller.
• Only what the page needs. Passing entire models or unbounded collections as props ships the database to the browser — shape props deliberately.

Client side

• Forms use useForm (or <Form>) — not hand-rolled fetch/axios against the same endpoints. Validation errors come back through the form helper.
• Page components are thin. Data arrives as props; a page component that fetches its own data on mount is working against the pattern.
• Partial reloads (router.reload({ only: [...] })) instead of full visits when only part of the page's data changed.